smoldering remains
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“Heartbroken beyond words,” Hilton wrote while sharing live ABC7 footage of the smoldering remains of her home.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026
The tale starts long before the rise and fall of the Vijayanagar empire, in the smoldering remains of a “tiny, defeated kingdom.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2023
Video taken by Chad Aubertin, a resident who lives nearby, shows a fire engine ladder spraying smoldering remains of the house on Monday.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022
“Most of the community of Lincoln Heights is gone,” Greene said Saturday, describing a scene of eerie quiet as smoke hung over the smoldering remains of the neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2022
Some, however, stayed behind to toss one last layer of water and dirt on the smoldering remains.
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
